What I Did Not Get Done Thursday, December 7

 I did not get in touch with the dentist. I could have done this yesterday waiting for the bus after I ran off "The Dead and Dying" at FedEx and picking up groceries at Aldi's. I talked myself out of it because I lacked my insurance card.

I did not go to the new Mexican seafood restaurant and the bookstore. My knee hurt, it was going on 4 pm when I did get back here to the room. Instead, I had a tuna dub at Jersey Mike's. There I chanced into a chat with the server, who said she had dropped out of Ball State due to non-resident tuition. Thinking she was from one of the surrounding states, I asked where she was from. She told me California; I was suitably surprised. She told me she wanted some place far from California, and found Muncie on a map. Well, Muncie is certainly far from California.

I did not get this post last night. I did get another post done. However, I did write a little bit more of "Love Stinks". 

I did not get any more of Carlos Fuentes read, but I did get some article read and saved for you:

• AWM Staff Picks: December 2023
• Best reads of the year: The books that writers loved in 2023 
• Farewell to a master of the loose and baggy novel (a belated obit for AS Byatt)

Nor did I have time enough to write all I wanted here. Off to work.

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